Broom



(No Model.)

J. H. BRINKOP.

BROOM.

No. 139,470l Patented Oct. 28, 1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.,

JOIIN H. BRINKOP, OF QUINOY, ILLINOIS.

BROOM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 439,470, dated October28, 1890.

Application iiled .Iuly 2S, 1890.

To all whom it may can/cern.-

Beit known that I, JOHN II. BRINKOP, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residingl at Quincy, in the count-y of Adams and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Brooms,of which the following is a specification.

It is the object of my invention to provide a broom with means wherebyit may be hung up when not in use, the invention being applicable tohouse-brooms, whisk-brooms, and the like.

In carrying out my invention I combine with the body of the broom an eyeor ferrule passing through the same between the straws from side toside, so that when not in use it may be hung up by this means, the nailor supporting-peg extending through the opening in the eye or ferrule.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a front View of the broom, andFig. 2 a central section of the same.

In the drawings the broom is of ordinary construction, having the usualbinding-cords l 2. The eye or ferrule A is preferably made of metal, andit is inserted through the broom Serial No. 360,125. (No model.)

up near the head, the straws and broom-corn being spread apart to admitit.

The ferrule is constructed of two sections 3 4, each of which has aflange 5, and in placing4 the eye or ferrule through t-he broom onesection tits tightly within the other, and the two sections are forcedtogether until the flanges bear closely upon the sides of the broom. Theferrule is preferably located between the binding-cords l 2, and thestraws being held bythe same against undue spreading exert a pressureagainst the ferrule, and thus retain it in place.

I claim as my invent-ion- In combination with a broom, an eye or ferruleextending through the same between the straws and the binding-cords, oneabove and the other below the ferrule, whereby the straws are firmlyheld about the ferrule to retain the saine, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN H. BRINKOP.

XVitnesses:

JN0. SOEBEING, ARNOLD BERTSCHINGER.

